Subaru Extended Warranty...

[Bill Pelka]

Greetings all,

I was quoted a price of $1950 for a Subaru Extended Warrant from the 3
year/36,000 miles to 7 years/100,000 miles. Is this a good price and is it
worth it? We put about 10,000 miles per year. This coverage would be for a
2006 Outback Sedan 2.5i limited. Total $'s of the deal at about $28K drive
home, with a few options...

Thanks for your input/thoughts...

Bill

 

[mulder]

Greetings all,

I was quoted a price of $1950 for a Subaru Extended Warrant from the 3
year/36,000 miles to 7 years/100,000 miles. Is this a good price and is it
worth it? We put about 10,000 miles per year. This coverage would be for a
2006 Outback Sedan 2.5i limited. Total $'s of the deal at about $28K drive
home, with a few options...

Thanks for your input/thoughts...

Bill

Even after the 3/36 warranty expires you still have the powertrain
warranty to 5/60. Chances are any expensive repairs will be powertrain
related so given that you drive only 10K/year you're buying 2 years
extra for that $1950. With the generally good reliability of these
cars, especially the non-turbo models, you'd be better served keeping
that money in the bank and earning interest rather than handing it
over to the dealer and never seeing it again.

 

[M. Butkus]

Would have to agree.. at 10K you have 6 years of power train warranty. My
problems (trans and timing chain) were at 45K. Unless you expect to keep it
past 6 years. Do the math and dump the $2k in the bank and save it for
repairs. I do 22 - 25K a year.

 

[Boris]

Greetings all,

I was quoted a price of $1950 for a Subaru Extended Warrant from the 3
year/36,000 miles to 7 years/100,000 miles. Is this a good price and is it
worth it? We put about 10,000 miles per year. This coverage would be for a
2006 Outback Sedan 2.5i limited. Total $'s of the deal at about $28K drive
home, with a few options...

I bought such plan in 2000 (for my 2001 Forester) for $1400. So far didn't
have chance to use it. The car has ~54,000 miles now...no problems
whatsoever.

Boris

 

[bigjim]

WRONG!!! What if ABS unit goes? Air Conditioning? Computer? xtended
warranty is a good bet if you deal them down

 

[Michael Pardee]

WRONG!!! What if ABS unit goes? Air Conditioning? Computer? xtended
warranty is a good bet if you deal them down

I don't buy extended warranties (actually, repair insurance) on any of my
cars because I am a dedicated DIYer. Most of my cars have been used with
over 100K miles on them when I bought them, so it isn't an issue for me
anyway.

Like any insurance, it is always a losing game on the average. The question
is: do you have the money or credit available to take the chances?

Mike